John h



J. H. KEYSER. I Heating Stove,

Patented Aug. 27,1867. I

I N. PETERS, PfiOTD-LITKOGHAPMER, WASHINGTON. D. C:

lgni teh rates .gstentgffirr.

FOOT-RESTS FOR STOVES.

'fiite grlgrh rh retract-ta a time italics mat at mating and at the same.

To ALL WHOM itr MAY oononnn:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. KEYSER, of New York city, in the 'courity'and State of New Yorlghave invented a Foot-Rest for Stoves; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisispecification, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of'a stove, showing the foot-rest annlied to it.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the foot-rest.

Figure 3 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of. reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures.

The objectof this invention is to provide a stove with a ring which is so constructed that it shall serve as a rest for supporting the feet of persons sitting or standing near the stove, and also as a means for connecting together the upper and lower sections of the stovewithout the necessity of employing bolts and nuts for tying together those sections, as hitherto practised. I

' To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The usual mode of applying annular foot-restsvto stoves has been to form lu s on their interior edges, and

U pass the tie-rods, which hold the sections of the stove together, through these lugs.- .The objection to this mode is that the rings or foot-rests are not strong enough to stand the weightand strain to which they arenecessarily subjected. When thus constructed the rings serve but one purpose, which is that above mentioned, and they rather weaken than strengthen a stove at the 'point of connection therewith, particularly if the cylinders of such stove be'made of sheet iron. I

.The ring which Ihavc represented in the drawings is designed to serve the double purpose of connecting two of the sections of the stove together, and of a rest for the feet. It consists of a circular band of metah form ing an upper flange, a, for receiving and holding the upper section A of theb'ody of the-stove; and a lower flange, 6, for receiving and holding the lower section of the body of the stove, thusuniting the stove sections. From thecircumference of this band the foot-rest 0 projects, which forms upper andlower shoulders, against which-the ends of the stove sections abut, and are held without bolts or other auxiliary-means. This foot rest 0 may .project horizontally outward, or it may be made to resemble a moulding by having it curve down.

7 ward and outward like a plain ogee, as shown in drawings. This portion a is perforated for the purpose of ornamentation, but more particularly for the purpose of allowing air to pass freely through it, and thus, by the free circulation of air, to prevent it from becoming so hot as to burn the shoes.

I do not confine my invention to any particular shape of foot-rest, as diiierent forms may be adopted to suit the taste. It should be made quite wide and very open, so as to avoid danger of burning the shoes when the stove isiquite'hot. This ring which I have described is made of one piece of metal, cast in moulds suitably adapted for thepurpose, and constructed with the outer surfaces of its flanges slightly tapering or wedgi'ng, as shown in the drawings, so that the sections A and B will fit tightly upon them, and be held firmly in' place. It will be seen that the foot-rest 1: possesses much greater strength than the foot-rests hitherto used for stoves, which strength is given to it by the band or flanges a b uponwhich it is formed, and, while this is the case, the flanges and foot-rest combined also serve the purpose ofa guard for stiffening and strengthening the body of the store at the junction of the two sections, as well as above and below this junction.

Iam aware that 'in the application of Henry F. Phillips, withdrawn in-the year 1857, he, shows a solid annular stove guard, constructed with cylindrical-flanges upou it for'receiving theupper and lower sections ofthe stove. I do not therefore claim as my invention a solid guard nor do I claim a guard with cylindrical flanges formed upon it. The 'flanges I show serve as circular wedges for firmly holding the upper and lower sections of the stove, and making tight joints without the use of tie or'through bolts. 7

Having describedfmy invention, what I claim as new; and desire to secure by LettcrsPatcnt, is-- An open-work foot-rest,'which is constructed with annular tapering flanges, as a newand improved arti'cle of manufacture.

' JOHN H. KEYSER.

Witnesses:

' WILLIAM Tuarort,

Jomv REGAN. 

